Singleton of Glendullan 19yo Diageo Special Releases 2021 - Whisky Review 66
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Singleton of Glendullan 19yo Diageo Special Releases 2021 - Whisky Review 66
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Nice walkthrough, nice reflection and fair questions. I was going to avoid this year’s SRs (I say that every year!) but I’ve been drawn to the Oban, perhaps a nudge over priced as you’ve suggested here. Enjoyed this.
Thank you Roy. Special Releases (Diageo or otherwise) have a habit of drawing us in... they do me anyway.
Yes they all seem a little overpriced (and the Lagavulin 26 is a lot overpriced!) but if the Glendullan is anything to go by then I'm sure they're all nice novelty whiskies to have around. Cheers!
You are cynically . . . correct ! Love your civilized rant ! Cheers !
Thanks and cheers 😀
Nice job on clarifying and questioning SWA logic or MOTIVE!
Thanks John - It's always a fun task to try to decipher the thought processes of megacorporations!
Maybe it's just that I'm American and have to deal with the "distilled in Indiana" and other BS, but the distilleries are clearly noted on each box. It is weird that they're the same brand but from two different distilleries, but I guess that's what you get from a big company like Diageo, especially when there are so many Scottish distilleries that are only used for blends and single casks.
Either way, having the distillery printed on the front of the box is not, "the most confusing and misleading thing in the world." Try having large bulk distilleries that sell whiskey to hundreds of brands, and who then only have to disclose which state the whiskey was distilled in. They don't have to disclose the distillery. They only have to disclose one of 50 states.
Americans will surely have a different perspective on this, what with it being fairly normal to have no idea who has actually made an American whiskey. Here in the UK there are actually laws preventing misleading labeling when it comes to the origin of Scotch... but lots of brands do just that.
FYI Singleton isn't two distilleries. It's currently three and historically has been used to refer to at least four unrelated distilleries. Nobody but Diageo (who control a large part of the regulating body) would get away with it.
Yes, the Singleton range is absurd. Cognac has to be aged in French oak and that is the very good quality; but there's regular cognac and good cognac and we never find out what casks in the oblique whisky world. Good review of this one. Many blend fodder distilleries can produce A* whisky. I really enjoy independent Aultmore, Strathmill, Glen Elgin, Benrirines and a number of others that have always been rated highly by the blenders and quite a number of big name distilleries owe their fortune to bulk whisky like this. That's not to say their parent companies do right by them. Diageo remains an uncomfortable fit for craft presentation whisky and seems to release it ever so reluctantly.
It would be great if we could get more cask info across the board. Sad that SWA vs Compass Box & Bruichladdich ended the way it did. That was probably our best chance of normalising real transparency.
Yep, to the average whisky buyer the marketing is a horror. Diageo obviously thinks it's getting more bang for its marketing buck because the collective name "Singleton" is doing the job in three distinctly different geographical areas of the globe with 3 different individual brands, so I suppose they're quite happy with the economies of scale that arise from that (bottle shape, labeling, design of the adverts, etc.). I really enjoy the G&M indie bottlings of Glendullan in the Connoisseur's Collection series. They're usually about 14 years old and not adventurously priced. This Special Release, though, sounds very good. I may be tempted (if I can get past the marketing flannel). Cheers.
Hi Russell, that makes so much sense that I can't believe I didn't think of it. They would indeed save a sizeable amount of money by having common bottles, branding themes and advertising. I'm sure that's at least part of it.
I'm really enjoying the 19yo Special Release. I feel that it's a slightly challenging and 'grown up' style of whisky. But it definitely has bags of character compared to the standard Singleton products. Cheers!
Is that Hebrew on your cork board?
I don't think so but there is a lot of stuff up there now 😂 where abouts is it and what colour? I'll try to figure out what it is.
Who dares to wrestle The Beast?
Is that an open invitation...? 🤔
Clynelish and Brora sounds and taste are better than singleton duf… glend… or anywhere else.
I'd agree with that. Clynelish / Brora are amazing distilleries. Although Glendullan at 19yo is pretty great too.